"Mr. Battiste is not being completely truthful," Assistant District Attorney Shane Hug told Young. "We have him and an accomplice on camera viciously attacking the 61-year-old man. Quite frankly, it is the best-quality video I've seen."

The indictment of Battiste's co-defendant is sealed pending the man's arrest.

Battiste was charged with second- and third-degree assault, fourth-degree grand larceny, petit larceny, third-degree criminal mischief, and second-degree robbery. He pleaded not guilty and was sent to jail without bail pending further court action.

Hug told the court that the video allegedly shows Battiste punching the man repeatedly in the head inside the bar and then kicking him in the head when he fell to the floor. The two briefly left the man, Hug said, but came back about 10 minutes later and started to beat him again.

The indictment states that they stole property from the man worth more than $1,000.

Battiste is the son of Terrence Battiste, who along with Bryan Berry was initially charged with the 2002 killings of Arica Lynn Schneider and Samuel "Frost" Holley. On the eve of their trial, DNA evidence surfaced that tied Michael Mosley of Averill Park to the murders. Charges were dropped against Berry and Battiste. Mosley was found guilty at trial and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.